VSD (vegetative-vascular dystonia) is one of the most common diseases today, while it still remains the least understood by both patients and doctors. When a neurologist makes such a diagnosis, the patient has a feeling of distrust: what if the doctor missed something?
This reaction is understandable: the vast majority of people are sure that the main symptom of VVD is hypotension. Alas, it is not. Poor circulation can be the result of many other diseases. There is a mixed type of VVD. The symptoms of this disease are somewhat different, however, the difference is not significant. A specialist can figure out these subtleties, but it's up to you to get to him.
Causes of VSD
First you need to understand what vegetative-vascular dystonia is. In fact, this is a pathology, which consists in the disruption of the compensatory activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS is located in the spinal cord and brain, it regulates the activity of all organs, endocrine and external secretion glands, lymphatic and blood vessels, ensures the body's adaptability to changes in the external environment in case of imbalance between the sympathetic andparasympathetic autonomic nervous system.
Which symptom of VVD is defining?
There is no definite answer to this question. There are several types of this disease, based on the localization of symptoms: respiratory, cerebral, cardiological, gastroenterological, vegetative-visceral, with impaired thermoregulation. For this reason, it is very, very difficult to say which symptom of VVD is decisive.
They can be permanent - neuromuscular, vascular, cognitive, neuroendocrine, mental, and paroxysmal. The latter are divided into VVD according to hypotonic, hypertonic and mixed types.
VSD and osteochondrosis: the symptoms are the same, but the causes?
Osteochondrosis, in fact, is one of the factors provoking vegetative-vascular dystonia. Roughly speaking, this is a kind of symptom of VVD, although the development of the latter is not at all necessary. Osteochondrosis can occur due to flat feet, obesity, injuries, improper working positions of the body, soft mattresses and pillows, unspoken emotions and stress, endocrine and hormonal disorders, physical inactivity, etc. But the main cause of this disease is bipedalism, so it can develop at any age.
With osteochondrosis, deformation of the vertebrae is observed, which irritate the nerve endings, which leads to muscle spasm and imbalance in the work of the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems. The prevention of this disease is the prevention of VVD, this should beremember.
VSD treatment
First of all, you need to change your lifestyle: regulate the work and rest schedule, go in for sports - not professional, but with a sufficient level of load, accustom yourself to sleep for eight hours and eat right, you can diversify your life with a contrast shower. The next step should be the implementation of the doctor's recommendations: perhaps he will prescribe medication and preventive and sanatorium treatment. Remember that VVD is largely a consequence of the wrong lifestyle, changing it, you can improve your condition or even prevent the disease.
